What's My Line? - Edward G. Robinson (Oct 11, 1953)
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MYSTERY GUEST: Edward G. Robinson
PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
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E. G. Robinson one of the most convincing actors of all times. He gave quality to any movie he was in.
Bakka in the ten commandments
Looks like a clown in every movie he has ever been in.
@@lennarthagen3638 oh, so you’re a wise guy
@@lennarthagen3638 And you read like an idiot every time you post stupidity...
I love how the laughter from the audience is real and not "canned" as they say.
Ellen show perfect example
This was probably the best panel. Steve Allen brought a unique sense of humor to the program. Very much in line with the urbane tone of the moderator and the other panelists.
Man I love this show. People use to be so civil!
THESE people were so civil
plenty of others who weren't
Edward Robinson was such a class guy, and a brilliant art collector. He bought Cezanne's, Van Gogh's, Manet's etc; when they were selling for a pittance of what they're worth today, and then donated them to museums so that everyone could enjoy them. Great guy and a great actor
Apart from any he donated, he had a very costly divorce settlement that required him to sell much of his collection.
really? I didn't know that, but I remember when I was in college in the 60's that he had a large collection of impressionist paintings, and I saw an interview of him talking about it. he seemed really proud. I'm sure his wife was only trying to see that the paintings got a good home. Specifically hers :)
@@spactick To my knowledge, she didn't get any paintings, only the cash proceeds from their sale. Unfortunately, Robinson at that time was graylisted and wasn't making as much money as before, so his assets were fewer and not as liquid as would have been advisable during a divorce. By the 1960s I wouldn't be surprised if he were buying art again as best he could. Did you know that after that, he pushed very hard to play "The Godfather"? He thought he would be perfect for that gangster part, but I have not seen anything that suggested that Coppolla or Paramount ever gave him any consideration.
it's Coppola with one L, anyway I didn't know that about Robinson wanting to play the part that that idiot Brando played in the Godfather. I think he would have been a better choice myself, but i think Curly of the
three stooges would have been a better choice. I can't stand Brando, as a person or an actor. He sucks the big one in my opinion. If I worked with him? I would have slapped the shit out of him if he got out of line. Anyway getting back to Mr. Robinson (ha!) I was unaware of the ultimate outcome of his collection, I was just impressed that the man had the where-with-all and knowledge to collect at 'that' level. He also was a
painter himself, did you know that preppy sock? and a pretty good one
@@spactick Robinson unlike various other Hollywood types who collected art did not use a consultant. He trusted his own eye and he limited himself primarily to Impressionist works. I see on some sites that he paid $2500 for a Pissaro and $2500 for a Monet. He was the first American to buy paintings from a then unknown Frida Kahlo, paying $200 each for 4 paintings. I did not see anything about him being a painter himself -- he didn't paint any of the paintings in "Scarlet Street" for instance. I also read that at the time he had to sell his collection, he had some 70 paintings. He sold them all to one individual with a stipulation that he could buy some of them back. With his second wife, he resumed collecting and was able to buy back 14 of his paintings. He could have bought some Andy Warhol Campbell soup cans in LA in 1962 for $400, but he didn't. If his cameo during a wall walkup from "Batman" is to be believed, Robinson did not favor Pop Art -- he said Campbell's soup is for eating and not painting, a major financial miscalculation.
Steve Allen is very in tune with the reaction of the audience.
He is a very funny guy but sadly the questions were fed to him by the show. I wish didn't know this fact because it now cheapens it for me a little.
The long underwear line is about the funniest questioning I’ve ever seen on this show. And trust it be Steve Allen who really asked the funniest things about it. Pure gold.
One of the all-time great film actors.
@z Where do you get this stuff? Please think before you write nonsense.
Indeed! Actually, The Woman in the Window and Scarlet Street are among my all-time favourite films 😊
He was an outstanding actor 👏👏
@@preppysocks209 z is a big JERK he posts all the time with JERK comments!
@z Well I see another JERK comment from you. Get a life man!
Without a doubt!
The reception he gets tells you how big a star he was in his time. One of the best actors of all time. And a very likable guy a well.
Edward G. Robinson is a very nice person
You're so right about that!
@@jeffreysalter3650 And a hell of an actor
Bringing in the breadbox guy was inspired. Steve Allen is my favorite fourth panelist.
THANK YOU for your hard work in posting so many episodes of this delightful, addictive show.
Loved the way they dressed..like ladies and gentlemen. Oops, sorry, didn't mean to confuse readers with those "out dated" words. Look them up in a dictionary, I mean, Google them.
Ah ,it was so hard living through those golden days of TV with no internet,smartphones,and political correctness. But we survived quite well in spite of that ' hardship'!
Really addictive!
I loved this since I love Edward G. Robinson but have never known he had such a wonderful sense of humor!
What an enjoyable show! Thank you so much for sharing this. Do you know this is the first one that I've ever seen? Oh the shame! I got a kick out the whole "bread box" incident. Also, how cool is it to see Edward G. Robinson pout because people didn't consider him a comedian?! ~sigh~ Don't you wish we had television like this still today?
Uh oh. Prepare to be addicted.
@@WhatsMyLine I am from the uk and i have been binge whatching these shows for about two weeks , just brill
I don't understand how he didn't win an Oscar for Key Largo!!!
The finest actor who ever lived.
Yes you are right as Johnny Rocco he should have been nominated and won the Oscar
Politics..even with Oscar.
because the Oscars have and always will suck
He would have been up against winners Walter Huston:"Treasure of Sierra Madre" supporting actor 1948; or Sir Lawrence Olivier "Hamlet" leading actor 1948.
One of my favorite roles for Edgar G. Robinson was in the topnotch film noir "Double Indemnity". Billy Wilder ended up casting against type for the top three roles -- Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck played the villains and Edward G. Robinson, who had third billing in a supporting role, played the good guy.
Yep! Great movie! EGR played his role perfectly as well as Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. Great writing in that movie (fast dialogue, double entendre).
Agreed: that was brilliant casting in a great film that still stands the test of time.
ToddSF 94109 he's good in The Stranger as well, even though Orson Welles steals the show.
ToddSF 94109 His last film was Solent Green with Heston
@@chuckendweiss4849 He died only days after he finished that film. He learned he would be awarded an honorary Oscar before he died and drafted a speech to be read, but he died before the ceremony.
I LOVE how Daly just can't say no to Robinson saying he is a comedian!
LOVED EGR as Dathan in 'The Ten Commandments'. What a versatile actor.
Oh yeah! I knew he looked familiar!
Where’s your Moses now, si?
Edward G Robinson is one of the best actors all time and one of the best gangsters. Alongside George Raft Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney
and John Garfield!!
@@dennisgeorge3238 yes u r right..the great john garfield
@@ralphyhernandez5559 When Robinson made "The Sea Wolf," he said that Garfield was one of the best young actors he had ever worked with.
@@preppysocks209 he was right..none much better than Garfield..he should have been in the top 25 actors.afi messed up in my opinion
One of his best roles I thought was in a lesser known film called "The Stranger." It also starred Orson Welles & Loretta Young.
I never saw this show before a month ago, and now i'm addicted to watching . . . . Whats My Line :-0
I didn't realize EGR was only 5'7" (I Googled his height). His acting personality is so dominant I thought he was much taller. What a great actor!!
Thank you very much for this episode! I've become addicted, watch several in a row each evening. Since discovering the chronological order set-up, I let them play one after another.
The third contestant was utterly perfect!! Very funny when Dorothy figured out what the product was! Steve played it straight up. Awesome!!
I cannot believe how hard I laughed during the questioning of the Men's Long Underwear Sales Lady.
Same here!
The great Edward G. never won an Oscar while he was alive, although they gave him an honorary Oscar after he died. The list of actors who never won an Oscar contains much better actors than the list of those that did win an Oscar.
+Stan daMann Not true.
And I liked Robinson, but he never was Oscar material
Well said Stan.
Stan daMann
Agreed
He should have won Best Supporting Actor for Double Indemnity. The film also should have won Best Picture and Best Actress for Barbara Stanwyck (though Ingrid Bergman was great).
Yes, even whilst sleeping!
Steve's confusion on long underwear was so funny to the audience that it was pleasant to see him guess the correct answer, both then and for the MG, Edward G. Robinson...
MAN, ARLENE FRANCIS WAS A LIVING DOLL
She was about 50-51 and quite a knockout.
@z Yeah my bad, was possibly drunk when I posted that.
Guessing the mens long underwear maker occupation was hilarious.
It was easy to guess the mystery celebrity, because once established he played gangster roles, all the panel had to do was smell the cigar smoke, because that was Edward G. Robinson`s trade mark.
He died in 73 of cancer... at least it wasn't lung cancer, still..
God Bless him for his remembrance of Israel
Always a big Fan of Great Actor Edward G. Loved his Movies & even, Bought & Smoked some of his Brand of Pipe Tobacco That they sold in his Name, Years ago, May he RIP and is missed by all of his Fans etc.
Mens long underwear- that was HILARIOUS!
🤣🤣
I was so hoping Edward G Robinson would say "Nah. See"
According to Ben Mankiewicz of TCM, some real life gangsters began to talk like Robinson.
Not hard to see how our culture and so called sofistication has totally
Lost all innocence. Great memories of the past.
Awww I've seen some of his movies its lovely to know he smiles genuinely
Edward G...one of the best ever!
Edward G. identifies as a Comedian! WAY ahead of his time.🤣
Mr Robinson a great actor from the 30’s to the 80’s. Bad guy but he knew his craft . Thanks for the look back to when I was a teenager.
I love it when Steve gets a lot of yes answers and he doesn't understand why.
He gave her the slip see? Yeah, see? He's not a priest. He's a monk see?
Nyah, gave her the slip, see? Nyah. 😛
Bravo!!
Ha ha.
Steve asking “Is it smaller than a bird bath at 4:51, and Dorothy asking if it’s larger than a bird bath at 23:41 are the 3rd and 4th uses of the term.
Steve asking “is it larger than a breadbox” at 12:05, Dorothy asking the same at 23:47, and Steve asking if it is a breadbox at 24:06 are the 24th, 25th, and 26th uses of the term, not counting John’s echoes.
Steve said, “Good night boys” for the 8th time.
This was the first episode that both men stood up completely to shake hands with a regular guest.
HILARIOUS! especially for that time! its really funny brought tears to my eye lok
One of the all time greatest actors
These wml shows are addictive and are getting a second life on TH-cam delighting millions. When America had class.
Steve's on a roll. :-)
One of the finest movie stars bar none
I appreciate it when actor guests actually do a different voice or accent instead of going blank on how to hide their voice. If you're an actor go for it and do an opposite of your voice since you're trained to do it.
A true talent. Edward g Robinson. He could play the baddest guy.and could play the softest guy in the world.not many could do that.watch the whole town is talking. A masterpiece
11:06 Could this be Steve's best ever round? Hilarious! Had to watch it twice! Can't think of any UK programme today which gives the same pleasure as this show.
8.20 UK
I would say Top Gear before they fired Clarkson.
The elegant comedy "Late Love," Arlene's Broadway show that Steve Allen mentioned in his intro, opened on October 13, 1953 at the National Theatre with a cast of seven: Arlene, Elizabeth Montgomery (Theatre World Award winner), Cliff Robertson, Frank Albertson, Neil Hamilton, Lucille Watson and Ann Dere. The play moved to the Booth Theatre on November 9th before closing on January 2. 1954 after 95 performances.
I always love watching one of the great movie characterizations, Robinson's Barton Keyes ("Little Man") in Double Indemnity.
Robinson, was a great actor.
With such range Check out Mulberry Street
Edward G in Public enemy number one. The ultimate gangster.
Barbara McIlvaine Cagney was in Public Enemy. Edward was in Little Ceasar
One of the sound dropouts obscures one of Arlene's Naughties. She has elicited that the long underwear saleslady deals with a product that is worn by human beings. Thinking of children, she asks whether these would be "small human beings." As she sees John preparing to give a No, at 14:26 she tosses off "Some men are quite small." Arlene was excellent at such double-entendres, and her personal style was so gracious that she got away with them -- unlike Hal Block, who got fired for making similar jokes.
Arlene was a lot cuter than Hal. I like Hal, but Arlene was way easier on the eyes. :D
WML got all the A-Listers
This shows in 1953 and I seen shows that were made in 1963 so the show is on for at least 10 years maybe longer I wish I could get to a time machine and go back to the fabulous 50s must’ve been lotta fun living back then
one of the greatest actors in history
Too bad some of these episodes have choppiness or small bits missing. I am still thankful for the uploads.
Came to the comments to see if anyone said this. I thought it was my device.
One of the very few moderating mistakes I've ever seen John make. I do not believe the panel ever connected the second guest to her product. Also, thanks for uploading all of these. I've been watching them nonstop lately.
I have my quibbles with John on some shows. It happens. It's been discussed on other videos, e.g., that he (and the panel) were hopelessly misinformed on basic scientific terminology with respect to animals, equating it with the word with mammal (meaning birds, reptiles, etc, aren't considered animals!) But having watched a handful of the later syndicated version with Bruner and Blyden, John was in a class of his own as a parser of language.
@LFotF You're right. He forgot to insist that the panel figure out what she had _to do_ with long underwear. He also, by rights, should have given Dorothy a "yes" at 23:50, when she asked, "But it's *_not_* larger than a breadbox? The correct JCD answer would have been, "Yes, it is _not_ larger than a breadbox; no." But I think even stickler-for-details Dorothy realized what was up by then and understood that Steve should be the one to guess _this_ product! :-D
This is crazy this is my favourite all-time actor and less programme was on my birthday
Great show.
This is all so genteel and polite. It’s so unlike our modern selves.
EGR was very funny in this episode (sorta makes one wonder if he was funny or if he was serious on the set while making movies). He spoke several languages. He was greylisted (as opposed to blacklisted) in the 1950s, so he could still work making movies (by comparison, a lot of those blacklisted were not employed in the US movie business), but his income apparently suffered as a result during that period.
It seems to me the cigar smoke would be a clue. -- Can you imagine the 'stars' today doing this?! Their egos wouldn't let them, imo.
Thank you for sharing
In my opinion, he was brilliant in Double Indemnity. It was a shame that he wasn't nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOWNLOADING THIS omg THOSE WERE THE DAYS !
So many times on these WML clips, I've seen Steve get himself deeper and deeper into a laughable situation - and it's hilarious. It almost seems set up because he always asks a question that just fits right in so well……….how innocent those times were…..
As referred to by soulierinvestments, the rabbit hole of incorrect lines of questioning were called "gambits" by the staff, and were somewhat pre-planned. Not scripted by any means, but they would suggest a line of questioning to a comedian on the panel in an attempt to insure they didn't miss out on some big laughs. This would happen just before the show, and would always be vague enough so as to not give any real indication what the line was (e.g., if it was a bra salesman, they might suggest that Steve Allen ask if he could use the product). The gambits were discontinued entirely after the quiz show scandals of 1959. Understandable, but silly-- I mean, who considered WML to be a real game show anyway???
Steve Allen, for my money, was the best at carrying off gambits. He was wonderful at conveying his increasing confusion.
i love the commercials
Always thought this was Radio 4 or or only?! Great find... Apparently having a middle initial of 'G' brings success in life...
I wonder if his cigar smell gave it away.
They may have thought it was Ernie Kovacs. He smoked a cigar nonstop while a panalist.
Anyone else having occasional dropouts of a couple of words throughout the show? It’s been going on for the last 10 episodes and can’t figure out if it’s my system or the program. No other TH-cam videos are doing it.
Edward G Robinson was an early collector of Frida Kahlo s work
The toughest and baddest people in history have all been under 5' 8".
You don't study Edward G's acting, you simply let him show you how it's done.
While some of the episodes have a few dropouts here and there, some of which cause the viewer to miss a key question or funny line, it is still wonderful that we have at least most of the episodes, even if Gary hasn't been able to come up with a more pristine replacement.
On this episode, when it came to the last challenger, it is more than a few dropouts. It's as if the student body left school en masse. Not only is the voice missing, but whole chunks of video as well. When Steve guesses the product involved (and I'll avoid a spoiler because it is well worth seeing for oneself), there is only $5 on the flip cards. Steve makes a guess that wasn't meant to be serious, then suddenly there is $25 on the flip cards, and when Arlene makes the correct guess, it is partially voiced over the $25 and partially over the final amount, which happens to be $45. So this last segment got really mangled. Perhaps the first challenger's "product" (to use the term in the broadest sense) ate it!
+What's My Line?
Gary, I know that you only have so much control over the quality of what you receive. Some things are fixable, but it's not like you can do claymation with Mr. Bill, Sluggo and the gang and recreate your own version of what's missing. So while others have mentioned problems with the quality of this episode before, this is an alert (by no means a complaint) on just how bad that last segment is. Fortunately the best part of it (the first two panelists' questions) is still intact.
Yes, THANK YOU FOR all your very hard work to bring us this WONDERFUL TH-cam channel!!
It's not that big a deal (!) You and all the other whiners/complainers need to chillax and just enjoy the gift that Gary is giving.
zardon4 I don't know why on earth TH-cam does this nonsense, but I didn't see your message alerting me to the a/v dropouts till just now-- it was flagged as spam, which is just absurd. You've added comments almost *identical* to this one on other videos and they've never gotten flagged. Stupid, stupid, stupid TH-cam.
Anyhow, thanks for the heads up-- I will add a note to the description now.
zardon4 I've given up trying to make sense of the comments system. It's really just a huge mess. Sometimes you can reply to people, sometimes you can't. Almost all the +1s/thumbs ups I give to others' comments disappear the next day. The default sorting makes a total jumble out of everything. And that just scratches the surface. It's a complete mess.
And I didn't take your comment as complaining, of course. As I always try to say, I appreciate when folks give me a heads up on video problems (respectfully).
The problem with spam flagging was that, up until about a month ago, was that three flags for spam automatically hid any comment. One person with three usernames could hide any comment desired. TH-cam corrected this recently but didn't apply it retroactively.
Tom Barrister Oh wow-- this is the first piece of actual helpful information about how this stuff works I've seen. Can I ask how you found about/keep up with this stuff? Because I haven't a clue. If it requires following a forum I'll probably pass due to lack of time and patience.
I've taken to asking random users questions to try to understand the illogical things that happen in the TH-cam/Google+ comments (e.g., recently I've found posts by users who have not blocked replies, that *still* have no way to be replied to.) This stuff drives me nuts. Thanks for the info.
What's My Line? I read about it in different places.
The no-reply thing is one of several Google+ (Google Plus) bugs. It happens randomly. It has something to do with Google+ interacting with (usually older) TH-cam accounts not signed up to Google+. Google is aware of it. When they'l get around to fixing it is another matter.
Tom Barrister Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
I'm glad they did away with the stupid free guess, and the contestant walking by the panel.
This show would totally work today!
The darn audiences gave away the answers as much as John did!
See Edward G Robinson on TH-cam in a good movie, also starring Orson Welles and Loretta Young:
The Stranger 1946 1:34:59
I don't often see John Daly seem to try to help the contestant, but this seems to be the case with the first guest.
Good show, with Robinson having fun with the panel. It was fun, even with the drop outs. There is another short actor that plays gangsters; Jame Cagney.
This was the period when E.G. was not Black-but-Greylisted. He was working, but he was very unhappy about the way his career was going at this time.
Eddie co starred with Arlene in All My Sons...
TheBatugan77 - Thank you, I had never heard of that movie, just looked it up... from 1948. Edward G. Robinson AND Arlene Francis! Looks good.
one of the best gangster in the movie..
The heart necklace was worn by Arlene many times.. she must have loved this
Wow! I just noticed. This was my 17th birthday! I didn’t watch, because I was partying with my family.
No, they don't connect the 2nd contestant to her product. But Daly made a worse mistake when he volunteered that a horse is bigger than a crocodile, which I think is somewhat in dispute, when crocodile had not been mentioned and the contestant was a crocodile hunter. That was BAD
Interesting that this was taped while Edward G Robinson was basically on the blacklist in the early 1950's. That may be why he had no movie to plug
i been told that aunt hubby look like him, he was great actor
Imagine the days when you would take the blindfold off and see E.G. Robinson in front your 👀
a dog is not a product sometimes john gets carried away
A Catholic brother is not clergy. He is male religious. There is a difference.
Edward G Robinson, Emanuel Goldberg.
Key Largo was a good movie.
If you want to see Edward G. in a good film look for "The Stranger" directed by and co-starring Orson Welles about a Nazi fugitive hiding out in a New England town. Another one is "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes" in which he plays a family man, from Norway, and makes it work.
@@mdteletom1288 He was born in Hungary and played Americans, Norwegians, Germans, Greeks, and maybe other nationalities as well.
Myah, see, myah!
AFI Rankin 24th Best Actor he should have been in the top five
Love the hat on the first contestant. You don't see whimsy like that very often.
E G Robinson made a movie called "Larceny Incorporated" he is extremely funny as a gangster that buys a luggage shop next to a bank to dig in and rob it. I think it's more comedy then gangster as he keeps the shop open for business. Watch it if you never have seen him do comedy.🤣🤣🤣
Is there a product? NO. She is a dog catcher, not a manufacturer. No product, just a service. She doesn't make the dogs, she catches them. Totally misleading the panel.
dog license
3:09 Steve Allen's free guess: "I think Mrs Phillips makes "Milk of Magnesia."
Quite a signature!
E Robinson was ✡ Jewish???
I REALLY hope that Allen's questions are not gambits. So brilliant, if not.